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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Bon Voyage

Bon Voyage! Mrs. PJM and I will be spending some time traveling to see the lovely Miss EAM. I will not have an internet connection for some time, so this will be the last post for a while. Hope you all have a wonderful summer!

Indy, we had a good run for about 10 years on OPOD. The high point was when we had the Mystery Person Contests, and the feuds between PJM and the Evil Nate Maas. After the mystery person contest ended, overall interest in the blog wained, and to be honest, you finally just run out of good pictures and stories. A couple of places you can follow me if you are still interested in PJM:

Just realized that it has been a year without updates here. I really miss the photos, as well as the personal updates on the chicken coop and the greenhouse. PJM, where are you? I hope everything is well with you and your family, this hiatus is worrisome.

It saddens me that this has come to an end. My mom and I used to look at this site everyday when she was in the hospital fighting cancer. Cancer eventually took her, and this site made me always think of her. Knowing that it's gone, makes it even sadder. Thanks for the great years, and making my mom and I so happy.

Hadn't checked in a long time, and saw this was the last post. I have enjoyed, and been inspired by these pictures over the years. Brings out how similar we all are, even fifty or a hundred years ago, when many aspects of life were far different. My favorite is the mother and little girl washing dishes in their simple kitchen. I hope nothing went wrong on the trip to Africa. I wonder if PJM passed.

About Me

I grew up in West Texas, and could not wait to get away. I got away, and went to the University of Texas, and then on to Stanford. I saw the world, and decided what I really wanted was to be in West Texas. So here I am, right back where I started. I had it all, and found it was not that great.

I have been an avid collector of old photographs and documents for over 30
years. The photographs on this site are derived from material I have collected
over the years. Some came from old family albums, some from material I bought at
flea markets over the years, and some from government archives of public domain
images, including the US Library of Congress, and the National Archives. We
appreciate you visiting this blog, and hope you find it interesting.

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